In El Paso the name Bruce Lee was used in the early '90's for men being
arrested on John Doe warrants. Usualy these were homeless individuals
not carrying ID or people whose privacy was being protected.

What with the proclivity for harassing opponents of the current regime
being shown by some PD's perhaps it is time that a new generic name for
arrest suspects be listed. Of course this alias would only be applied
to political detainees, readers and writers of TLE, members or
supporters of the NRA, JPFO, GOA, Catholic Archbishops who criticize
Catholic Universities for not supporting Church Doctrine and Supporters
of Ron Paul come to mind. For this alias I propose the moniker Thomas a
Becket.

For those of you who don't remember Thomas a Becket is the Archbishop
of Canterbury who got into a quarrel with Henry II of England on
whether clergy should be tried in civil or church courts for crimes in
England. Given the problematic nature of Medieval justice Becket's
concerns were reasonable, and given his efforts to solve this issue
King Henry had a good point. However, instead of discussing the issue
and negotiating a reasonable compromise these two proud men tore into
each other until Henry II made the statement "Will no one rid me of
this troublesome priest." Reginald Fitzurse and company took Henry at
his word and the Catholic Church got a martyr.

Henry claimed that his knights had overreacted to his plaint and the
world gained a weak example of plausible deniability. Then again, Henry
II never specifically asked for someone to kill Thomas. At least they
waited for the King to say something. The evidence is that those
responsible for the various security reports leading to the harassment
of soi disant right wing extremists apparently did so without any
comment from Barack Obama. Apparently they came up with these reports
all on their own, and the police who have overreacted to them are
acting on their own hook. As Heinlein observed, the mayor can be a good
egg, but what goes on in the back room of the precinct house is
something about which he is kept in the dark.

I am not saying that at this time BO doesn't know what is being done in
his name. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. I am saying that it is time
for him to make clear that he will not tolerate back room interviews.
Not for Muslim Fundamentalist terrorists. Not for right wing
extremists, not for dissidents of any stripe. His candidacy and
administration have already had enough of this.

Or else we will know that he is turning a blind eye to those who deal
with troublesome priests for him. And people end up in the morgue
killed while resisting arrest, having committed jailhouse suicide, or
having mysterious health ailments the detaining officers were not ready
to deal with (such as being overly sensitive to being slapped around
with a sock filled with sand or number ten shot). All listed as Thomas
(or Thomasine) Becket.